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The Bihar government spent nearly ₹5 billion rupees in this work from its contingency fund (Bihar Aakasmikta Nidhi), [10] Apart from government employees, Anganwadi workers and Jeevika Didi also worked to complete the survey till given target of May 2023. [11] A portal was prepared for caste-based enumeration in Bihar.
The party though headed in Bihar by a lower-backward caste leader Karpoori Thakur, consolidated the upper-backward castes. The latter were conspicuous to share power within the Party with the upper-caste, and the social structure of the Lok Dal even provided the Lohiaite upper-caste leaders to play a second fiddle within the party.
This article has the list of Schedule Castes in Bihar. List ... Caste Population %age of total SC population Bantar: 101,223 0.78% Bauri: 2,096 0.02% Bhogta: 12,659
Bihar caste-based survey 2022: [115] 2022 Bihar caste-based survey first report was released on 2 October 2023. The report showed that extremely backward classes (EBCs) account for 36.01 percent of the 13.07 crore population of the state. [116] [117] OBCs, EBCs together account for 63% of the total population of Bihar.
[4] [5] Later, Bihar has a sub-quota within OBC quota of 18% for Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs) and 3% for Backward Caste women in government jobs and educational institutes. [6] [7] EWS reservation was implemented in 2019. [8] The reservation in the State of Bihar was increased on 9 November 2023.
The Backward Caste movement in Bihar can be traced back to the formation of Triveni Sangh, a caste coalition and political party, in the 1930s, which was revived after the introduction of land reforms in the 1950s aimed at removing intermediaries from agrarian society. But, this drive could not succeed in bringing long-lasting changes in the ...
This is a list of Scheduled Castes in India. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are those considered the most socio-economic disadvantaged in India, and are officially defined in the Constitution of India in order to aid equality initiatives.
Bihar has a total literacy rate of 63.82% (73.39% for males and 53.33% for females), recording a growth of 20% in female literacy over the preceding decade. According to the 2011 census, 82.7% of Bihar's population practised Hinduism, while 16.9% followed Islam. [4] Bihar has highest fertility rate of 3.41 in comparison to the other states of ...